Pacers Links: Players with 'more talent and higher ceilings' were available

Michigan State's Draymond Green, center, watches the NBA basketball draft on television with family and friends. Once thought to be a potential draft choice of the Pacers, Green went to Golden State after Indiana took Miles Plumlee.

Here's what other media are saying about the Pacers' picks in the NBA Draft.

ESPN.com
Myron Medcalf writes of the Pacers' choice of Miles Plumlee: "Over Draymond Green? Over Arnett Moultrie? Over Perry Jones III? ... I just think Indiana had a chance to pick multiple players with more talent and higher ceilings."

Indy Cornrows
Tom Lewis writes that the Pacers "skipped the best-player-available theory ... and selected a player to fill a need, a back up player to defend the rim and rebound. The Jeff Foster (comparisons) were too strong for the Pacers to pass up when they were literally trying to replace Foster. ... After waking up this morning, nothing will change with the way the process worked out and there are more important days ahead this offseason."

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Tom Davis writes, "Plumlee was born in Fort Wayne and raised in Warsaw, where his family still resides. He attended Christ School in North Carolina for high school and spent the past four seasons at Duke University. The 6-foot-10, 245-pound center wasn't overly productive with the Blue Devils, but did display skill and athleticism."

Pro Basketball Talk
Rob Dauster lists the Pacers among the draft's losers. "I understand how impressive it is to see a man that stands 7-feet tall in shoes show off his 40.5-inch vertical, I really do. But Plumlee averaged career-highs of 6.6 points, 7.1 boards and 20.5 minutes as a nearly-24-year-old senior at Duke last season. And he just got a guaranteed contract. I don't get it." Plumlee turns 24 on Sept. 1.

WNDU
"Miles was a junior at Warsaw High School when he and his younger brother Mason (who also played at Duke) left Warsaw due to a lack of playing time. Their departure caused great controversy in the basketball rich town of Warsaw and head basketball coach Doug Ogle almost lost his job as a result. Of course, Ogle was retained and led the Tigers to the 4A state title game two years ago."

Durham Sun
Steve Wiseman writes of Plumlee, "When his Duke career ended with him having started less than half the games he played for the Blue Devils, not even his family was expecting him to be a first-round pick."

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Pacers Links: Players with 'more talent and higher ceilings' were available

Here's what other media are saying about the Pacers' picks in the NBA Draft.ESPN.com
Myron Medcalf writes of the Pacers' choice of Miles Plumlee: 'Over Draymond Green? Over Arnett Moultrie? Over